P. Choudhury, F. Foubelo, M. Yus
May 21, 1998
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Tetrahedron Letters
Abstract
Abstract The reaction of 2-(bromomethyl)acrylic acid ( 1 ) with different carbonyl compounds ( 2 ) [CH 2 O, ( E )-CH 3 CH=CHCHO, Pr i CHO, Bu t CHO, PhCHO, CH 3 (CH 2 ) 5 CHO, c -C 6 H 11 CHO, Ph 2 CHCHO, (CH 2 ) 5 CO] and indium powder in a 1:1 THF:H 2 O mixture at room temperatme affords, after acidic work-up with hydrochloric acid, the corresponding α-methylene-γ-butyrolactones 3.